Gwartney, James D

Economic freedom of the world 1997 : annual report / James Gwartney and Robert Lawson - New York : [s.n.], 1997 - xxi, 287 p.

Introduction and overview of index, 1. -- The concept of economic freedom, 2. -- Construction of the index, 2. -- What³s new in this report?, 7. -- Differences from other indexes, 9. -- Improving the measure of economic freedom, 12. -- Ratings, rankings, and highlights, 17. -- 1995 country ratings, 17. -- 1995 country rankings, 26. -- Changes in the economic freedom of countries, 28. -- Economic freedom, income, and growth, 32. -- Country profiles, 37. -- The summary indez rating for 1975, 1980, 1985, and 1990, 205. -- The underlying data used to calculate the indexes, 219

HB 95 G994e 1997